I-Home improvement

[shaolin]

Welcome to the board usuck ani knowit. Like Bob, I have a Buck insert in my fireplace downstairs. I am interested in the ' gravity vents ' that you mentioned. Is this a special product or are you referring to installing some vents from the downstairs to upstairs to allow the heat to travel?

I have a mid-entry home and I keep the ceiling fan over the entry on rev / low to help move the heat but that only helps some. Being a ranch style layout, the heat still doesn't make it down the hall to the sleeping areas.

I have tried setting the furnace to the fan only settings and that works when the wood burner is working at the max, but when it is cooling down ( over night and mid-day ) it just moves the cooler air and that setting prevents the gas furnace from kicking on.

When I built the house, I used floor trusses with a 16 inch area between the top floor and the lower ceiling. I have considered putting a duct in the ceiling of the fireplace room and running the duct to the area upstairs that need the heat. This would be a distance of about 40 feet. I don't know if the heat would naturally travel that far or not. If not I would assume there might be some sort of fan I could add inside the duct. If anybody could answer any of these questions, I would appreciate it. Also, would it be better to locate a fan near the heat source and push the air, or near the colder end , and pull the air.

Sorry for getting so windy. Again ~ Welcome to the board, have a good one ~ shao


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